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India Car Sales Hit Record in January

NEW DELHI—Car sales in India rose 26% over a year earlier to a monthly record in January as rising personal income in a growing economy bolstered demand in Asia's third-biggest automobile market.

According to data released Wednesday by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, an industry group, auto makers sold 184,332 passenger cars in January, compared with 145,971 units a year earlier. That beat the prior monthly record of...